Newark fire burns 3 homes, displaces residents

NEWARK (AP) — Newark fire officials say several people were displaced when a fast-moving fire spread through three city homes, leaving at least one of the buildings uninhabitable.

No residents were injured in the two-alarm blaze, which started shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday in a single-family home and spread to two nearby residences. But one firefighter was treated at a hospital for “minor breathing issues.”

It’s not yet clear what sparked the fire. Part of the roof was burned off at the home where the blaze started, leaving it uninhabitable, while the two other residences had lesser damage.